Saturday, November 03, 2007

My mother is an artist, I'm in the process of raising an artist and even Andrew was pretty good at doodling Van Halen's VH logo on his Pee Chees in high school. But me? Not so much but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate a fine line when I see it.

Sarah Jane Studios' tag line is "Illustrating Childhood," and I don't know that I could offer a better description. Each of her prints are simple and elegant, each a little tribute to the quiet pleasures of young lives. They have a subtle vintage quality, and though I'm no expert her composition remind me of Maurice Sendak (One is Johnny) or Ernest H. Shepherd's Winnie the Pooh illustrations, the colors and innocence remind me of Beatrix Potter and the abundance of bunnies reminds me of one of my favorite childhood books, The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes--all great books and illustrators.

So yes, I'm a little nostalgic here, it all makes me want to redecorate a child's room with Sarah Jane's work all over the walls. The prints are pen and ink or charcoal with digital coloring on fine-quality archival paper and each is signed and dated.

Now here's the wonderful part: for each print you order through Friday November 9th, Sarah Jane Studios will give you a second print free. Just type "Scribbit" in the notes to sender field when you order. The only trouble is you might have a hard time choosing only two I love the elephants, I love the bunnies, the new Christmas stuff is adorable and I don't know how you could pass up the Halloween print below. And to one lucky winner Sarah Jane Studios is offering a print of your choice which means that somehow you will have to choose.

Good luck and thank you Sarah Jane Studios.

Here's how to win:

Before 12 am Monday go to the giveaway entry form on this page and enter your name and email. I will pick one of the names at random, contact the winner via their email and publish the winner's first name and home town in next Tuesday's post. See the bottom of the entry form for more details.

I'm sorry but this giveaway is only open to those with a United States' mailing address. Good luck!